MS 707 01 48
Reference code
MS 707 01 48
Title
Belinda Norman-Butler archive: Miscellaneous items belonging to Belinda Norman-Butler
Level
File
Date
1907-1997
Extent & medium
1 box
Content description
Various items including:
- Three copies (two versions) of a typescript of Belinda’s memories of Frank Dobie
- Copy of 'James', by Belinda - a memoir of her brother, with some MS insertions
- Copy of E.N.B., by Belinda - a memoir of Edward Norman-Butler, with a MS letter from Catherine
- A green folder containing typed and MS poems by Belinda; MS poems by Edward; a typed short story by Belinda (‘A Pair of Shoes’); a typed first chapter (‘The Start at Gracedieu’) of a memoir by Belinda
- Pages of a MS journal for 1928 in Belinda’s hand
- A folder containing a photograph of four American students on the 1946 English Speaking Union exchange, identified by Belinda
- A brief typed memoir by Belinda of St Alban’s Grove and Kensington Square, together with a poem by Edward
- A hard-backed notebook containing the start of Belinda’s ‘History of the Hunts ridden by Belinda Ritchie between the years 1923-’; at the other end of the book, in her hand, are some of Christopher’s childhood sayings
- A small black address book, containing an alphabetical listing of wartime codes in Edward’s hand for army administrative functions
- Red exercise book, listing Belinda and Edward’s wedding presents (1931), in her hand
- Army school exercise book, containing pencil notes by Edward relating to anti-aircraft functions
- Offprint of article on Charles Booth, reprinted from the Economic Journal, together with a letter from Mary Booth to Anne Ritchie (3 March 1907)
- Family photograph of Booths - in the grounds at Gracedieu
- Photograph of Octavia Hill and her sister, Miss Toynbee, the Booths and various Martins, identified on the rear and on the envelope containing it by Belinda
- A typed account by Belinda written in 1944, describing the work she was doing in Cambridge for the American Information Centre of the English Speaking Union. It has an authentic, contemporary flavour.
- A copy of Edward Norman-Butler’s birth certificate
- Letters from Billy Ritchie, dated 1963
[Items A-P in John Aplin’s initial catalogue]
- Three copies (two versions) of a typescript of Belinda’s memories of Frank Dobie
- Copy of 'James', by Belinda - a memoir of her brother, with some MS insertions
- Copy of E.N.B., by Belinda - a memoir of Edward Norman-Butler, with a MS letter from Catherine
- A green folder containing typed and MS poems by Belinda; MS poems by Edward; a typed short story by Belinda (‘A Pair of Shoes’); a typed first chapter (‘The Start at Gracedieu’) of a memoir by Belinda
- Pages of a MS journal for 1928 in Belinda’s hand
- A folder containing a photograph of four American students on the 1946 English Speaking Union exchange, identified by Belinda
- A brief typed memoir by Belinda of St Alban’s Grove and Kensington Square, together with a poem by Edward
- A hard-backed notebook containing the start of Belinda’s ‘History of the Hunts ridden by Belinda Ritchie between the years 1923-’; at the other end of the book, in her hand, are some of Christopher’s childhood sayings
- A small black address book, containing an alphabetical listing of wartime codes in Edward’s hand for army administrative functions
- Red exercise book, listing Belinda and Edward’s wedding presents (1931), in her hand
- Army school exercise book, containing pencil notes by Edward relating to anti-aircraft functions
- Offprint of article on Charles Booth, reprinted from the Economic Journal, together with a letter from Mary Booth to Anne Ritchie (3 March 1907)
- Family photograph of Booths - in the grounds at Gracedieu
- Photograph of Octavia Hill and her sister, Miss Toynbee, the Booths and various Martins, identified on the rear and on the envelope containing it by Belinda
- A typed account by Belinda written in 1944, describing the work she was doing in Cambridge for the American Information Centre of the English Speaking Union. It has an authentic, contemporary flavour.
- A copy of Edward Norman-Butler’s birth certificate
- Letters from Billy Ritchie, dated 1963
[Items A-P in John Aplin’s initial catalogue]
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